Welcome to the website of The Eighth International Symposium
on the Nutrition of Herbivores (ISNH8) to be held in Aberystwyth, West Wales, 4
- 10 September 2011.
Dear friends and
colleagues
On behalf of
Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities we would like to invite you to attend the
Eighth International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores (ISNH8) in
Aberystwyth, Wales in 2011.
Animal
agriculture is at a crossroads; competing pressures from competition for land
with alternative forms of land use, the need to both mitigate against and adapt
to the effects of climate change combined with the need to meet societies
demand for safe nutritious food produced at low costs mean that requirements
for plant and animal scientists to work together to shape the future of
herbivore production has never been stronger.
Here in Wales
we have reacted to this challenge by combining our efforts to form a Centre for
Integrated Research in the Rural Environment (CIRRE) aimed at developing more
sustainable visions of land use.
We, together
with our colleagues within the UK represented through the British Society of
Animal Science (BSAS) and the British Grassland Society (BGS), would like to
welcome colleagues from around the world to debate and discuss the issues
raised above within the beautiful Welsh countryside in 2011. If you are
considering attending ISNH8 please register your interest here
and we will keep you up-to-date with the latest information on
registration and conference events.
Yours
sincerely
Professor
Jamie Newbold
Leader
of Animal and Microbial Science Division
Institute of Grassland Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Co-Director of the Centre for Integrated Research in the Rural Environment
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
Professor
Nigel Scollan
Deputy
Leader of Animal and Microbial Science Division
Institute of Grassland Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
Dr
John Healey
Co-Director
of the Centre for Integrated Research in the Rural Environment
Bangor University
Bangor